Arrow Video has now given horror fans several big reasons to look forward to November, as they will keep the scary spirits alive post-Halloween with US / UK Blu-ray releases of The Initiation and The Driller Killer, a US Blu-ray / DVD release of C.H.U.D., and a UK Blu-ray / DVD release of Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf.
From Arrow Video's official Facebook page: "NEW US TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: C.H.U.D Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD
The ultimate underground movie experience
North American Blu-ray pre-order link should be live soon!
THEY’RE NOT STAYING DOWN THERE, ANYMORE!
From the subterranean depths it crawls! Finally making its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray, director Douglas Cheek’s cult ‘80s favorite C.H.U.D. is the ultimate underground movie experience.
In downtown Manhattan, a police captain’s hunt for his missing wife leads to the discovery of a series of mysterious disappearances in the area. Extending his search into the tunnels and sewers below the city streets, it soon becomes clear that something monstrous is lurking in that subterranean world – and it won’t stay there much longer…
Starring John Heard (Home Alone) and Christopher Curry (Starship Troopers) alongside an early appearance from John Goodman, C.H.U.D. has justifiably built up a huge cult following in the years since its release in 1984, with one of the most iconic creature designs of the period.SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
•Brand new restoration from original film elements
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
•Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Audio commentary by director Douglas Cheek, writer Shepard Abbott, and actors John Heard, Daniel Stern and Christopher Curry
•Brand new crew interviews
•Original Theatrical Trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan MumfordFIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film
From Arrow Video: "NEW UK/US TITLE: The Initiation Dual Format in UK, Blu-ray in US
One of the stronger entries to emerge in the latter days of the slice-and-dice boom.
Pre-order your UK Dual Format release here: http://bit.ly/2b3E7MF
North American Blu-ray pre-order link should be live soon!
HERE’S TO BEING YOUNG… STAYING YOUNG… AND DYING YOUNG.
Marking TV star Daphne Zuniga’s debut in a leading role, The Initiation ranks amongst the finest of the college-based stalk-and-slash flicks – now finally restored in glorious High-Definition!
Kelly’s new sorority has a special initiation ritual in store for her – an after-hours break-in of her father’s department store. But what begins as a night of harmless college fun turns sour when, once inside the enormous mall, Kelly and her fellow pledges find themselves locked in for the night… with a deadly intruder stalking the corridors.
Arriving in 1984, The Initiation might have been late to the slasher party, but, alongside the likes of The House on Sorority Row and The Mutilator, it remains one of the stronger entries to emerge in the latter days of the slice-and-dice boom.SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
•Brand new restoration from original film elements
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
•Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Brand new audio commentary by The Hysteria Continues
•Brand new interview with actor Christopher Bradley
•Brand new interview with actress Joy Jones
•Original Theatrical Trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin OsbournFIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver
From Arrow Video: "NEW UK/US TITLE: NEW UK/US TITLE: The Driller Killer SteelBook + Amaray Dual Format
None of Abel Ferrara’s films have quite managed to match the shock, extremity and downright notorious nature of The Driller Killer.
Pre-order your UK SteelBook here: http://bit.ly/2b3EZAQ
Pre-order your UK Dual Format here: http://bit.ly/2b3Eyq5
North American pre-order links should be live soon!
In a career that has encompassed such controversial classics as Ms. 45, Bad Lieutenant and Welcome to New York, none of Abel Ferrara’s films have quite managed to match the shock, extremity and downright notorious nature of The Driller Killer.
Ferrara plays struggling artist Reno, a man pushed to the edge by the economic realities of New York living in the late seventies and the No Wave band practising in the apartment below. His grip on reality soon begins to slip and he takes to stalking the streets with his power tool in search of prey…
LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK CONTENTS
•Limited Edition SteelBook featuring original artwork (2500 copies)
•Brand new restoration from original film elements
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
•Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Audio commentary by director and star Abel Ferrara, moderated by Brad Stevens (author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision) and recorded exclusively for this release
•Brand new interview with Ferrara
•Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101, a new visual essay guide to the films and career of Ferrara by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45
•Mulberry St. (2010), Ferrara’s feature-length documentary portrait of the New York location that has played a key role in his life and work
•Trailer
•Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Michael Pattison and Brad StevensSPECIAL EDITION AMARAY CONTENTS
•Brand new restoration from original film elements
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
•Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Audio commentary by director and star Abel Ferrara, moderated by Brad Stevens (author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision) and recorded exclusively for this release
•Brand new interview with Ferrara
•Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101, a new visual essay guide to the films and career of Ferrara by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45
•Mulberry St. (2010), Ferrara’s feature-length documentary portrait of the New York location that has played a key role in his life and work
•Trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of EvilFIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Michael Pattison and Brad Stevens
From Arrow Video: "NEW UK TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD
A campy horror extravaganza featuring killer dwarves, werewolf orgies and ‘80s punk rock galore!
Pre-order your copy direct here: http://bit.ly/2b3EM0z
IT’S NOT OVER YET.
How do you follow up a film as iconic as Joe Dante’s seminal werewolf epic The Howling? With a star turn from horror legend Christopher Lee and a leather-clad Sybil Danning (The Red Queen Kills Seven Times), Howling II is more than up to the challenge!
After a young woman dies in violent circumstances, her brother is approached by a stranger (Lee) who reveals that she was in fact a werewolf. The brother’s initial skepticism is quickly diffused when he encounters the fanged beasts first-hand. Now the pair, joined by a plucky journalist, must travel to Transylvania to destroy werewolf queen Stirba (Danning), and rid the world of lycanthropes once and for all.
Helmed by director Philippe Mora (Mad Dog Morgan, The Beast Within), who would go on to direct the equally barmy follow-up Howling III: The Marsupials, Howling II is a campy horror extravaganza featuring killer dwarves, werewolf orgies and ‘80s punk rock galore!
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
•Brand new digital transfer
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
•Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Audio commentary with director Philippe Mora
•Audio commentary with composer Steve Parsons and editor Charles Bornstein
•Leading Man – an interview with actor Reb Brown
•Queen Of The Werewolves – an interview with actress Sybil Danning
•A Monkey Phase – interviews with special make-up effects artists Steve Johnson and Scott Wheeler
•Behind-the-Scenes Footage
•Alternate Opening and Alternate Ending
•Still Gallery
•Theatrical Trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham HumphreysFIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Blyth
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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